Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-08-10

m. the purpose Of making local items
m, for the paper. While his course
m. may not be commended his enter
- prising spirit is certainly to be ad-
mired.
The Sociable at the residence Of
Rev. l.. P. Sabin last Friday even
ing, which was postponed from
Thursday evening on account of
the rain, was well attended and en-
ar joyed by all. The ice cream and
,re cake was splendid and the receipts
were satisfactory.
TX Messrs. Rozell & Remington are
Ter now running a first-class ferry boat
across the Missouri river opposite
=, Ponca and south of this city. The
boat is substantial, light running
'. and is operated by atwo-horse tread
power. Five or six teams can be
crossed safely and quickly at one
ty, load.
y Abe Strobel and his railroad out
~ fit returned yesterday from Neb-
raska, having completed his railroad
grading contract out there. He in
ed tends to finish the balance of this
las seasons work on the Cherokee and
he Sioux Falls extension of the Illinois
ug Central, and will move his outfit up
there in a few days for that purpose.
ce Harry Connolly, our former pop
list ular station agent who left here last
a spring to take the position of assist
ST. ant train dispatcher at Sioux City,
has returned and taken his old po-
/, sition. Hereturns of his own choice
- as he likes to live in Elk Point, and
;. his hosts of friends here welcome
him back.
Geo. Reynick has n bonanza in
an onion crop this year. He has
y two acres of onions which will turn 6
n out about 800 bushels to the acre,
"a and at the present outlook of prices !
or he will get $50 per bushel for his =;
crop. Just think of it-S9OO.W ,
worth of stuff off the two acres of ,
II Dakota land. 1t beats the world. =
X I have customers for ten good
20 quarter sections with cheap improve
ments any where north OF Elk Point S
i in Union county must be good till s
able land and perfect titles and at a
fair price. Send description giving :
as part Of section, town and range. kind
T. of improvements, number of acres t
under cultivation and price wanted.
u Address HENRY MITCHELL, 9
Elk Point, ID. L.
Rev. r. Aldridge, one of the old t
est NJ. E. pastors, will lecture at the I
Is NJ. e. church on Friday evening of i
5 this week. Subject. "Experience of 5
/ a Methodist preacher during the
II late wa in the southern states" :
y Mr.. Aldridge is well spoken of |
wherever he has lectured. There |
will be an admission price of Is +
d cents, children 10 cents. I
k We are in receipt of a "circular of
\ Information of the school mines, of
Rapid City, Dakota. 1t is a As :
page pamphlet, gotten up in the
noatest style of the printing art and t
s. bears the imprint of the Rapid City I
e. Journal. 1t is IN a par with the
typographical neatness of the Journ-
al itself which is saying enough for
SO it to place it along side of the high
est work of the printing art.
"a Every acre Of hay land in this
section should be cut and the hay {
ne put up this season, as thousands Of
N cattle from Iowa, Wisconsin and {
e. Illinois will no doubt he driven here
At to winter this year. If the cattle
are not brought here the demand
will be great for shipping hay.
,e Every acre of this grass land should
n add from five to ten dollars to the
e. income of the people Of the county.
he Heretofore thousands and thousands
d of acres haye not been utilized.
,y Carl Davis, deputy county treas
urer, departed Monday for a weeks
visit with his friend, Thos. Hand, of
1T st. Paul, MINI. Carl is a faithful
IS and efficient officer, and is entitled
ne to shis brief respite from official
y duties.
,e Since the above was in type we
to learn that Carl is in bed sick at his
,e boarding place, w. M. Wilson's,
i'll with a prospect Of his having a run
,r Of fever. We are sorry to have to
make this correction in our item,
but we hope he may soon recover
ry and take the proposed trip.
I'd ~
h.. A. l.. Dawson, Esq, who has been
absent from our city for the past
& year or two, experimenting the con